Funeral rites for Dr. William Harrison Vander Linden of 37 Fifth Avenue Place, NE, Hickory will be conducted Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. Fred R. Stair, Jr., in charge. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Among the deans of Hickory dentists and prominent in the professional field over a period of years, Dr. Vander Linden passed away in a local hospital Friday afternoon at five o'clock. He was stricken with illness at his home Friday morning. Surviving Dr. Vander Linden are his widow, the former Miss Floride Morris; two daughters, Mrs. Joe Hall of Cleveland and Mrs. R. Graham Williams of Winston-Salem; and two sons, W. Harry Vander Linden, Jr. of Hickory and Frank M. Vander Linden of Washington D.C. Other survivors are his sisters, Mrs. J.T. McCracken of Menlo Park, Calif., and Miss May Vander Linden of Ames, Iowa; one brother, M. Vander Linden of Ottumwa, Iowa and eight grandchildren. The body will remain at the Shuford Funeral home until the hour of the service.

Born on November 23, 1889, at Pella, Iowa, Dr. Vander Linden was the son of Leendert and Marie Suzanne Van Loon Vander Linden. His father and maternal grandmother were members of an interesting colony that assisted in settling the middle west. They belonged to that band of Hollanders who in August, 1847, founded Pella, Iowa. These Holanders were ultra-Protestants of the Calvonistic faith and left Holland because of conditions that made it impossible for them to live and follow the dictates of their conscience and religion. They came to America to seek religious liberty. While they underwent many hardships in t heir early years in Iowa, they enjoyed prosperity and built up a model community characterized by churches, schools and all the facilities of a progressive development. Dr. Vander Linden was reared at Pella. He received the degree Doctor of Dental Surgery from Atlanta Dental College, now Emory University, graduating in May, 1911. He practiced for a few years in Georgia and later established himself in the profession at Hendersonville. During World War One, he was a member of Company 38 in the North Carolina National Guard, from which he had honorable discharge.

Dr. Vander Linden was married to Miss Floride Morris, daughter of Capt. William G.B. Morris and Elizabeth King Morris of Hendersonville, Mrs. Vander Linden coming from a long line of distinguished ancestry, some of whom came to America in 1600 during Colonial days. While at Hendersonville, Dr. Vander Linden was a charter member of the city's Kiwanis club, belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Arch Masons and other community organizations, being a leading spirit in forward-looking affairs. Dr. Vander Linden moved his family to Hickory in July, 1938 to educate his children at Lenoir Rhyne College. All four earned their B.A. degrees there by 1944. After receiving serious burns at his office in 1948, Dr. Vander Linden installed his completely modern set of dental equipment at the present home which was built in 1941. Although he had recovered from his injuries with the aid of skilled doctors and his own Dutch will power, Dr. Vander Linden in more recent years had not been well and had slowed up his activities to a marked degree. He was a former president of the Catawba County Dental Society and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
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